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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first Day.
By OffTheLeftEye Staff
Swedenborg learned that the Biblical creation story is a parable about our spiritual development. See how that first light shining in the darkness represents the beginning of spiritual awareness.
884. And lo in her mouth an olive leaf plucked off. That this signifies some little of the truth of faith; that “leaf” is truth, and “olive” the good of charity; that “plucked off” means the truth of faith therefrom, and “in her mouth” that it was shown, is evident from the signification of an olive tree, and is obvious from the very words. And that there was only a little, appears from there being only a leaf.
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